Forian (FORA) Competitors

Forian (NASDAQ:FORA) and CPI Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FORA or PMTS?

19.3% of Forian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.1% of CPI Card Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.3% of Forian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of CPI Card Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate FORA or PMTS?

Forian presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 143.31%. CPI Card Group has a consensus price target of $36.75, suggesting a potential upside of 79.01%. Given Forian's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Forian is more favorable than CPI Card Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Forian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CPI Card Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FORA or PMTS?

CPI Card Group received 32 more outperform votes than Forian when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Forian an outperform vote while only 89.36% of users gave CPI Card Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Forian	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%
CPI Card Group	Outperform Votes 42 89.36%	Underperform Votes 5 10.64%

Which has more volatility and risk, FORA or PMTS?

Forian has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CPI Card Group has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FORA or PMTS?

CPI Card Group has higher revenue and earnings than Forian. Forian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CPI Card Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Forian	$22.33M	2.87	-$2.81M	-$0.09	-22.83
CPI Card Group	$491.43M	0.47	$23.99M	$1.59	12.91

Does the media prefer FORA or PMTS?

In the previous week, CPI Card Group had 4 more articles in the media than Forian. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CPI Card Group and 2 mentions for Forian. CPI Card Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Forian's score of -0.40 indicating that CPI Card Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Forian	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CPI Card Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FORA or PMTS more profitable?

CPI Card Group has a net margin of 3.38% compared to Forian's net margin of 0.00%. Forian's return on equity of 0.00% beat CPI Card Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Forian	N/A	N/A	N/A
CPI Card Group	3.38%	-46.90%	6.89%

Summary

CPI Card Group beats Forian on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.